From 4ae2b43ef23ef0e187a923fdf1ca61c33e7faef2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Russ Cox <rsc@golang.org>
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2010 17:06:36 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] codereview: fix hang on standard hg commands

R=gri
CC=golang-dev
https://golang.org/cl/1950045
---
 lib/codereview/codereview.py | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/codereview/codereview.py b/lib/codereview/codereview.py
index 3d87f298f4e..4b03b085f2c 100644
--- a/lib/codereview/codereview.py
+++ b/lib/codereview/codereview.py
@@ -457,7 +457,9 @@ class StatusThread(threading.Thread):
 			print >>sys.stderr, time.asctime(), s
 
 def start_status_thread():
-	StatusThread().start()
+	t = StatusThread()
+	t.setDaemon(True)  # allowed to exit if t is still running
+	t.start()
 
 class LoadCLThread(threading.Thread):
 	def __init__(self, ui, repo, dir, f, web):